Safety device for pockets.



H. 0. BRION.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR POCKETS. APPLICATION FILED MAILzv, 1912.

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SAFETY DEVICE FOR POCKETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 9ct. 22,1912.

Application led March 27, 19.12. Serial No. 686,520.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARRY O. BRION, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gates, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Safety Devices for Pocket-s, ofwhich the following is a speci-l fication.

rIhe invention relates to a pocket closer, and more particularly to theclass of safety devices for garment pockets.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which on the application thereof to the garment at the pointof location of the pocket will serve to sustain the latter closedthereby obviating the possibility of the accidental loss of articlesplaced within the pocket, irrespective of the attitude of the wearerwhether in standing or stooping position.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which may be readily and easily applied to the garment forsustaining of a pocket closed therein without discomfort to the wearerof the garment and that will co-act with different size pockets for theclosing thereof, thus, assuring a safety contrivance therefor.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which may be readily and easily fastened to the garment anddet-ached therefrom when desired and when attached will be preventedfrom accidental removal from the garment.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a device ofthis character which is simple in construction, reliable and efficientin its purpose, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a garmentshowing the pocket therein, by dotted lines and the safety deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention applied to the saidgarment. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the garment with the devicemounted thereon. Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the device with theretaining staple removed therefrom. Fig. et is a perspective view of oneof the retaining staples. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional viewthrough the device when applied to the garment. F ig. 6 is a perspectiveView of a slight modification of fastener.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in. the drawing.

Referring to the drawing by numerals 5 designates a portion of a garmentwhich is provided with an ordinary pocket 6, the same hanging as usualbetween the outer fabric and the lining 7 of the garment and is adaptedto be suspended closed by means of a safety device presently described.

The safety device comprises a plurality of bars or rods 8 arranged insubstantially parallel relation to each other but spaced apart thedesired distance. In this instance three bars are shown, although alesser or greater number may be employed, which are fixed at their freeends in hollow flattened end caps 9 preferably formed from sheet metal,the ends of the rods or bars 8 being secured therein in any suitable orwellknown manner, and provided in the end edges of the said caps 9 arespaced apertures 10 in which are detachably engaged fastening mediumspresently described.

The fastening mediums each comprises a U-shaped staple 11 the limbs ofwhich are formed with pointed ends 12 so as to freely pass through thefabric when said staple is engaged therein and these limbs are adaptedto be detachably inserted in the apertures 1U after having been fastenedin the fabric or lining 7 of the garment for the mounting of the safetydevice thereon, the staples being engaged in the lining 7 at oppositesides of the pocket 6, so as to hold the mouth of the pocket tautthereby sustaining said pocket in closed position irrespective of theattitude of the wearer" of the garment and especially when in stoopingposition or when leaning over thereby avoiding the liability of loss ofthe contents of the pocket. The staples are bent to form an off-setclosed end 18, so as to enable the limbs of the staples to be engaged inthe end caps of the safety device without inconvenience and also toavoid the protruding of the garment at the pocket.

In Fig. G of the drawings, there is shown a slight modification offastener comprising a staple-like member 11i having a rightangularlybent closed end 15, the member being formed from a single strand of wireand is adapted to be inserted in the fabric, so that the said closed endwill be exposed at the outer side of the garment, while the free ends ofthe member 14 will engage in the end head or cap 9 on the frame, in asimilar manner as the staple l1 heretofore pointed out.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, it is thought that the construction and operationof the invention will be clearly understood, and therefore a moreextended explanation has been omitted.

What is claimed is:-

A safety device of they character described, comprising a plurality ofresilient bars, end caps securely mounted upon the extremities of thesaid bars and having apertures therein, a pair of staple-like fastenersadapted for engagement with a garment and for engagement 1n theapertures in the said caps whereby the said device may be detachablysecured to such garment for sustaining a pocket therein closed.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence o two witnesses.

HARRY O. BRION. Vitnesses:

GEORGE M. PIERCE, RICHARD W. BRION.

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